by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 6, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection Do you remember your baptism? Or were you, like me, too young to remember? I imagine however that you remember other baptisms—perhaps your children or grandchildren, a dear friend, or others in a worship service. I certainly remember those...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 30, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “God is more than a companion and more than a memory. God is the path itself. That is why all our journeys are sacred. The ground over which we travel, whether we realize it or not, is holy ground.” ~T.R. Swears, Weavings (Volume IV,...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 23, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection We have heard the story many times. We’ve also seen it enacted in nativity scenes from various cultures. One year when I was pastoring in Houston a pink flamingo showed up in our large nativity scene composed of life sized participants....
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 16, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection My soul proclaims your greatness, O God, and my spirit rejoices in you, my Savior…For you, the Almighty, have done great things for me and holy is your Name. (Luke 1: 46-47, 49) I love the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as told in...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 9, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “The Joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier The invitation of this Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, is to follow the star to restorative joy. Sometimes I hear someone say, “I have lost...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 2, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection As we continue on our shared journey following the star I realize how much we need as a people to find the best star(s) to guide us through and out of the morass of conflict, injustice, disease, war, poverty and more afflicting not only...
